Talking toy mechanism



May 31,1927.

1,630,261 F. EVANS TALKING TOY MECHANISM Filed March 22. 1923 FRED .E'V'ANJ.

A T TURNE K I N VEN TOR.

1 Patented May 31,1?)2 I 1 i FIRED EvANs, or snmiu'r, NEWTJERSEY, Assieivon, BY-Ivins1vn essrdtnvmjn'rs; TO." verses INCfiRloB A p A CORPORATIONOF DELAWABKI I TALK'I N'G OYME HAIT sMQ lppliee ti on file dlvlarcli22,1923; SerieI Np. 6'26,78. V

This invention has to do W th, SOUD iP .7 .Positionedonfthe discB-iis' e tubuler mem- 55 Y dncing mechanisms, and relzitesfspecifically her-4:, which everliesa ii aperture 5;, through Y toli mechanism which is opera ble tolsimu the dis'c 3." The member & is formed with it late the cry of echild, the device being pro-' relatively large chamber 6,"'directlyio'verly-r, i 5 yided with means by which distinct sy1la-. ing theeperturefi, afp'assaigeway 7 extending I bleswill"beenunoi'etedi; I T f v upwardly 'from the chamber Gfin th'e"mem-v I Onepf' th b'ectsoffthis invention is to her hand passing outwardly atrightengles, provide e simpleyeasily operable sound prothe chamber '6' thus being open to the atmos ducing meehanisniof the type-described, sphere. 1 s i 10 which" sh'llbe cheaply manufactured, and Positioned withi n th-i r 1 which shall closely 'simul a te' the desired hziving'its*endprojecting intojthe chamber '65" I 0 1 V i i 5 i'S a reed 8, which willfbe selected 6 7 flAnotheiobject of the invention isto pro- "as to give ail iigh pitched cry and mounted 1 vide a. sound producing device of the fclass in t-l'iepa'ssagewey 7, at 'its O eningIintO'theJLl described, which shall be provided withetmosphere; is etube Qithis' tube beingmade t i I means by whichdistinc't syllables may be 7 o'fejresili'entmaterial; suches a piece of ,5 I

' enunciated together with means by which it smellrubber tube. [It willfb'e noted th t 11' the sound'emittedfmay be controlled. s thetnbe 9 extends some distance"beyondthe. I

. Another'object'of he invention is to prowalls oi the member. 4; H V I vide a sound producing device of? theftype Attached by meenso'f'awesher 10,;end e described, which shall besimple anfd'comsuitable connectionto'f-the Wall of themem- 751T met, easily concealed within the body of the berl, vaitfa point opposite" the. disc 3,' is a toy; orin the hand, and which shall-be op rodll; this rod.extencling through a suite v era-ble tosimul'atethe cry ofan infantyvvhile able aperture fermed centrally. of the disc I at the same timebeing provided with means '3, and being' bent upon itself ft'ofl form a, by which the character of the sound emitted square sided loop'flQ having" upper stnd'lowery may be varied i p cresls'bars designated respectively by numbers 'Otherobjects and eimsfofthelinventiomilg find 14,:1'sfis shown "in f .lign're 2; This more or lessspecifie than' ?chose 're' fer'red te loop '12 is so positionedthetif the member i .13 above, will be in part obvious and iii-part 1 iscollapsed, the loop will be forced toe I v i the scope of protection contemplated will be t It will benndcrs'tood tl pointed Devin the course of 'the,'-foll0wi11g position where "it"will pzi-ss by theftube ,9, descriptionef the elements, "combinations, thefcrossbz rsof the loop successively strikr. arrangements of parts and eapplicationsof mg the tube 9 and bel'ldingfit out of "the principles constituting'the invention; {and we'y,s0the-titheloop'inay-pass f r p J at :idevice'vof this indicated in the appended claims. character is to be 'nsed'iordinarily within 90 In the siccompanying drawing, wherein I the body of atalking toy, ordoll, or itfniay I i have shown a preferred form of embodiment be nsed' as a toy in itself, being held in the of my invention: hand and manipulated-t0 produce the cry. f

Figure 1 is aiveitical cross-sectional view If concealed 'within the body of the doll,

of the device on the line 1+1 ofFignre' 2; it will bejso positioned that the bulb'l will 95v a nd e V .be collapsedby a pressure which will force" Figure 2 is a view ,of the device in said the walls inwardly,'and'at,the same time elevation. r

force the's qnered loop past the whee; The

' Referring now to the drawing, wherein faction of thefdeviceis asfollows:

similar reference characters refer to similar 7 With" the vari'ousfparts in the p dsitionldo f v "parts throughout both views theloi lhe which they will naturally' assume, that is reference charai cter 1 designates a collapsible to say," as shown in Figur 1 p ig v 1 member;' preferably made'as ish'er'es shov'vn exerted-aga nst the bulb 1, sojyzisito C'ollnpse in theform (are bulb, and constructe O'fn itfend expel air therefrom"throngh tliejap-;

resilientmziterial; such as rubber. This bulb "ertnre fill'fThis expelled air willpn'ss through' has an aperture formed therein, the edges the v 1fee'd18 and. out into ;the "2 trno;sphere i fwhichare engaged in'a-ch annel 2,1cut in, 'tlirongh the. tube9; this "causing the reed i'o the periphery of a disc Q yibreteendemit a sound, lilowev'eryasjthe I I tube 9 is bent,jit-Will be understood that-it will actually flatten, and as it fiatt ens it will I v out down the amount of air beifn-geX-pelle'd' sound is being given out, at the same time the square loop l2is beingforced toward the tube '9, and the upper cross-bar Will strike theftube 9, and bend it out of'the Way of :the tnai el ofthe cross-bar. I 1 As the through thelpassa'geway This 3Vill aC- cordingly result ina diminution otthe sound with the production of distinct. syllable.

1 'E1'1e j5p'er' 'ci ossb ar will coiitinue to press the when out of its" path of trayel, until I fant, the marina sound can be produced finally the tube slide overthe cross-v bar and proyect, thronghthe interior of. the

loop, .Wl'iere upon the pFiSSageWay, Twill again ,be opento'the any] Continuedpre ameon the-Wall of, the bulb 1 x 111. eventually force the secondcrossbarast the tube 9, where- I upon another syllable will, be enimciate'd. I

' It 'Will be" seen that, the operation of the, crossbar an, theinb'ef will" gi'ue an action which will closely simulate that of, the human lips in the production of distinctsyl} lables, and by selecting the reediso that it will be 'similarto'i that'of' the cryofya'n in? Which is alhiost indistinguishable from the cry of a child;

When pressure on the Wall of the bulb V l is released, the resilience of this Wall will eause-it-jagain to'assume the distended posir tion shoWnin Figure 1'. Air illbe taken into the interiorof the bulb, thetube 9, the

K V passageway 7 ,thereed 8, and the passage:

Way 5, this return of air, ho evencausing no sound owin to, themanner in; which 7 K a i thereed is disposed; A downward movement of the loop,12'will,thereforq si'mply" bend the tube 9' out: of the Way without 7 causing the production,ofany syllables,

Whenj the wall' of the bulbiS in ftl e distended positionshown in Figurel', further sounds may beproduced as desired. While a a shut off the tube 9, and thereby produce the loop 12' is here shown to'f'producetwo distinct syllables it is clear that various other uforn'i's of loop may be provided to various combinationsof syllables. M

It Wlll be seen that I havedevi'sed a sound producing mecl'ianl'sn'i, Well adapted to attain the arious objects and purposes set forth. The devicemay be very cheaply made,,t he disc 3', and the inember 4; being v constructed of ood, While the; bulb lf may' be made ot'a cheap rubber-J The device has few Working' parts, none of wlii'cl-l'will be readily Worn out, and produces a. sound which thoroughly saitisfactory for. the

purposes desired As many changes could. be made in this construction. without departing from the V scope of the following claims, it is intended i that, all 'matter contained intheabove decreation or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative may and notin alimitingts'er'lse. aving thus describedmy 'inyention ,What

I claim as new and des re to secure byi-LettersPatentwis'z 1. In a deuiceoft combination of a compressible airchamber, a reec'i-pipe-connected to be operated thereby 1 and a, flexible tube having an opening therethrougli, through which openingthe sound from thereed pipe is adapted tofescape to 7 the atmosphere, and means adapted to' ven gage sit '{ible tubeto i"estriiititl ie upen- Jngfth rough and' so controlthesound fro the, reed 'pipe.

prisingin,combinatioma I a I ,bulb jro 1 an aperture, a rl id disc-clos- 1ng;sa "perture, an-[extension mounted" on a a and provided Witha pass gew y therethrough, sound"v 4 prfoducingv I mounted in said" passa ewa 'sound regul'at; ing means mounted in said passageway, and

2. A device ofithe [class described, c o'mme ns projecting exteriorly fromthjesaid extension,

and a rod; attached to the wall" of said bulb andihaving meanslthereon adaptedtoactw I ate said sound regulatingmean's by Contact a ided with a passageway 'therethrough, a

ree'd nounted. in said passageway in communicationwitl the interior of saidflbulb, sound regulating means mounted in said said extension, and a rod Inounted' in the 'Wall' of said bulb and passing through said disc movably and acent to andfo'utside the said-extens on, sa d" rod being provided passageway extending beyond the ivallsiof u'il llf means adapted to engage and? actuate said soundregulating means; outside the said extension upon the collapse of 'sai'dbulb.

4; A device of tl'ie class"described, comprisingin combination, aresilient bulb pro vided with an aperture,a rigiddisc closing saldaperture, an extension mountedeon said disc, a reeds mounted in said extension in communicat ofnawithgthe lnteriorj of said bulb, a resilient tube mounted. on one end in said extension, in communication with said reed, the other endof said tubeegite'ndingbeyond the Wall of said extension, and

a rod attached at one end to the wall of said'bulb, and being'so formed the otherend, as to engage said extended end of the resilient. tube upon the collapse of said bulb,

whereby to causesaid tube to be' 's uccessi rly closed and opened' upon the collapse of said bulb.

A; device-0 f the ta s}, describecLQcOInprising In combination, a resilient bulb have ing an, aperture, a rigid disc mounted in 3 and a rod mounted and to cause it said aperture to form an air chamber with said bulb, an extension mounted on said dlsc,

'a reed mounted in said extension ,in communication with the interior, of said-bulb, and a resilient tube mounted at one end of said extension in communication with said reed, the other end of said resilient tube projecting beyond the walls of saidextension, atone end in the Wallof said bulb, and being provided at itsfother end with a loop, said loop being so disposed as to engage said projecting end of the tube to'be closed a plurality of times, assaid loop passes thereby upon the collapselof said bulb. I 6, A- device of the class described, comprising in combination, a collapsible air chambenmeans operable by the air expelled therefrom upon its collapse to produce a sound, and means'to vary'the characteristics of said sound,jsaid last named .me'ans including a resilient tube through which said sound is emitted, and mean's'to bend said tube to shut of'fthe flow of air therethrough,

7. A device of the class described,-co mprising in combination, a collapsible air ing a flexible tube through which the sound duce sound and means for controlling said sound, said last mentioned means comprisis adapted to issue, and means adapted to deform the tube to control the issuance of sound therethrough.

9. 'In a device of the class described, the combination of a collapsible air chamber, means operable by the air expelled therefrom upon its collapse to produce sound and means for controlling said sound, said last mentioned'means comprising a fiexible tube through which the sound is adapted to issue,

-ing ftherethrough, through which opening the self,

and'meansiactuated" upon the compression i of said air chamber and acting to deform.

said tube to GontrOlitheiSsuance'of sound i therethrough. V

' '10. In a device of the. class described,

combination'of'a collapsible air chamber,'a;f

sound device operatively connected 'therewith and operated thereby, and'means for controlling the sound from I said sound de-'; vice, said :last mentioned means comprising .a member of flexible material .having an opening therethrough, through which-opening the sound is adapted to issue from the i sound device, and-jmeansfor causingisaid opening to be restricted by bringing the sides ofthe 'openingtogether to control the issuance of sound 'therethrough.

11. In a device of theclass combination of a collapsible air'chamb'er, a sound, device operatively connected i there with and operated thereby,- andfmeans for l controlling the sound from said sound device, said last mentioned means comprising a member of flexible material having an opening therethrough, through which openlng the sound is adapted to ssue from the sound device, and means: for causing-said opening to be restrictedv by bringing thesides of the opening together: tocontrol the issuance of sound therethrough, said last" mentioned means being operated by the operation of 7 said air chamber. Y I

12. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a collapsible air chamber formed of a substantially spherical rubber bulb, a sound'device operatively connected therewith and operatedthereby, and means for controlling the sound, from said sound 1 device, said last mentioned means comprisa member of rubber having an'opening sound is adapted, to issue from'the sound de -'1 vice, and means opening together to control the issuance of soundv therethrough, said jlast mentioned means being operatedby the operation of i said air chamber.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature. v

' FRED EVANS.

for causing said opening to be restricted by bringing the, sides of the 

